...But I came up with a little nugget just recently, about foodstuffs. Yeah, I noticed that too. Why does western culture do absolutely everything psychologically possible to keep girls away from food?
First, it was "Save the whales" or some 3hi+, so make the girls go vegetarian. Oh poor little babe the pig and Fluffy-toes the cute little lamb ("Mad TV," hehe). They're so cute and fluffy, you totally can't eat them. Because of course it is like totally a given that an animal's life is more important that a human's life and health and well-being. Save the cows and chickens, they're people too. They have hopes and dreams and desires and heartbreak and joy and happiness and emotions and a need to be actualized and self-realized.
Second, No that's not good enough. They’re still getting vital nutrients, so we need to prevent that from happening. Go vegan.
Third, Then it was oh you're a strong independent woman in charge of your own life so stop cooking. At all. Anything. Don’t cook ever. But what if cooking is a practical, vital necessary skill... No. Food is just something that men thought up to keep women submissive. Food is just something that keeps women meek and in their place and keeps women from voting. You are not a submissive subjugated woman, are you? Everyone knows that a strong independent woman in charge of your own life does not know how, and more importantly, refuses to cook for herself. Be a sexy strong capable woman in charge of your own life. Cast off the shackles of food and nutrition.
It pains me to observe that last one because I do consider myself a feminist. You know, I'm thinking that that is just some nonsense coughed up by media that does not know what actual feminism is about. So they guessticulate and make up some random extremist barely-even-realistic drivel, which in their warped minds, they think has to do with feminism.
First, it was "Save the whales" or some 3hi+, so make the girls go vegetarian. Oh poor little babe the pig and Fluffy-toes the cute little lamb ("Mad TV," hehe). They're so cute and fluffy, you totally can't eat them. Because of course it is like totally a given that an animal's life is more important that a human's life and health and well-being. Save the cows and chickens, they're people too. They have hopes and dreams and desires and heartbreak and joy and happiness and emotions and a need to be actualized and self-realized.
Second, No that's not good enough. They’re still getting vital nutrients, so we need to prevent that from happening. Go vegan.
Third, Then it was oh you're a strong independent woman in charge of your own life so stop cooking. At all. Anything. Don’t cook ever. But what if cooking is a practical, vital necessary skill... No. Food is just something that men thought up to keep women submissive. Food is just something that keeps women meek and in their place and keeps women from voting. You are not a submissive subjugated woman, are you? Everyone knows that a strong independent woman in charge of your own life does not know how, and more importantly, refuses to cook for herself. Be a sexy strong capable woman in charge of your own life. Cast off the shackles of food and nutrition.
It pains me to observe that last one because I do consider myself a feminist. You know, I'm thinking that that is just some nonsense coughed up by media that does not know what actual feminism is about. So they guessticulate and make up some random extremist barely-even-realistic drivel, which in their warped minds, they think has to do with feminism.
I know plenty of strong, educated women in real life and nearly all of them cook their own food on a regular basis. Not a single one of them dregs up any crap about not wanting to cook food and how that somehow magically makes them less oppressed.
Fourth, Then they went just plain abusive. It was oh you’re fat and ugly, go anorexic. Don’t you want to be sexy? After all, being able to get proper nutrients and nourishment, and having the knowledge and skills to be able to provide this for yourself -- no, that's not independence. That’s not strength. No, what is true strength is being desired as a sexual object. That and that only. When you are deemed worthy of being effed by a large number of males, that is true strength and independence. Not being able to take care of yourself. Not being able to grocery shop and feed yourself properly. No. Sexiness -- that is true strength.
Fifth, Then most recently it was the raw food diet. Ppphhhfffttt.
Fourth, Then they went just plain abusive. It was oh you’re fat and ugly, go anorexic. Don’t you want to be sexy? After all, being able to get proper nutrients and nourishment, and having the knowledge and skills to be able to provide this for yourself -- no, that's not independence. That’s not strength. No, what is true strength is being desired as a sexual object. That and that only. When you are deemed worthy of being effed by a large number of males, that is true strength and independence. Not being able to take care of yourself. Not being able to grocery shop and feed yourself properly. No. Sexiness -- that is true strength.
Fifth, Then most recently it was the raw food diet. Ppphhhfffttt.